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Application Engineer in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Application Engineer
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
62
Median offered wage
$149,544
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$149,544certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Application Engineer" and a worksite in Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202217
FY20239
FY202416
FY202511
FY2026*9
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
9
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Intel Corporation27
  2. Applied Materials, Inc.22
  3. The Mathworks, Inc.7
  4. Hitachi Energy USA Inc.1
  5. Stmicroelectronics, Inc.1
  6. Siemens Industry Software Inc.1
  7. HiPA Photonics Inc.1
  8. proteanTecs Inc.1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $149,544; middle half $132,049 to $157,477 · median prevailing wage $138,047 (marker) · 62 applications.

$120k$135k$150k$165k$180k
$120k$135k$150k$165k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II13
  3. Level III24
  4. Level IV2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Application Engineer" appears on 2,071 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 409 employers for worksites in 309 cities; the median offered wage is $105,454, so the median in Santa Clara is 41.8% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,071
Employers nationwide
409
Cities with filings
309
National median offered wage
$105,454
Share of national filings in Santa Clara
3.0%
Cities with the most applications for Application Engineer
  1. Riverwoods, IL626
  2. Austin, TX111
  3. Sunnyvale, CA109
  4. San Jose, CA91
  5. Santa Clara, CA62
  6. Houston, TX56
  7. Hillsboro, OR40
  8. Schaumburg, IL35
  9. Mountain View, CA34
  10. Floral Park, NY30
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Santa Clara job market

Santa Clara has 33,150 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,478 job titles and 2,175 employers; "Application Engineer" ranks #66 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Application Engineer in Santa Clara
66
Median offered wage in Santa Clara, all job titles
$163,031
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Santa Clara
  1. Software Engineer2,663
  2. Component Design Engineer950
  3. Software Development Engineer II635
  4. Senior Software Engineer609
  5. Hardware Engineer, Electronics460
  6. Staff Software Engineer354
  7. Engineer Senior Systems Software317
  8. Process Engineer276
  9. Principal Software Engineer248
  10. Software Development Engineer I231
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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